lizrbit

thats the part i like...it helps keep cravings at bay and makes you feel like your not starving to death! dont forget your calcium, iron, and extra vit c with this strange weather. Listen, ive been sick for over a WEEK, and now im SNOWED IN TOO! its been snowing here literally for two weeks now. Every night we get a new blanket. THere are literally feet of snow on my roof right now. isnt it april? i f$*%&$(ng hate snow.

BUTT NAKED at home...and if the scales dont start to move again i swear ill start strippin at the dr office too. Funny...last time i was there it ws RIGHT after id been walking on the beach and i had my flipflops on. i took them off and stepped on the scale and i still had sand and little seashells on my feet, plus they were wet with seawater. i left a mess. i didnt mean to, just did. figured that stuff must weigh five lbs right? plus five lbs for my shoes, five for my clothes....

wow butch...what a journey youve made. Kudos to you man. youve lost half of yourself!

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i think that all guns should be illegal to own. period. I think they kill a lot of people who would be alive if they werent so available. I think they are instruments of destruction and should be illegal. I vote. regularly. i dont care if you disagree with me on this one.

i think its a great idea... what time would be good? six pm?

okay.. my doctor put me on a Multivitamin supplement. and when i ran out of the liquid i went to chewable, plus i take extra Calcium (because im female and i know ill need it later and wish my mom would have taken it sooner) and Iron (because im slightly anemic) and extra vit c because im getting over a bad cold. i also take chromium picolinate daily. If i could get on phentermine again i probably would. I had a pleasant experience on it before. I think that its a mistake to expect the band to do all the work. It means you didnt listen to the doctors, or any of the support sites or any of the websites from the manufacturers. it blows my mind sometimes to hear people all agast that their band "didnt work" when they eat donuts and cheeseburgers all day. before anyone even goes there YES im pms'n....

teach, ive posted this in other threads... but did i ever tell you about my birthday cake addiction? two years ago i quit smoking (three packs a day) and replaced it with commit losenges, then i was addicted to those for many months, then i said, If i can go without one for a week ...on a thursday, then id let myself have one of those little birthday cakes they make in the bakery for one person? so then i was addicted to birthday cakes.... im wondering whats next too....

Big, sounds okay to me, if its what your dietician recommended. I like cereal alot too and i have that opposite body dysmorphia too i think. i can relate. My dad was a little larger than you. I can relate to that too. Hey..i use an online thing you might be able to use too. Its free. I first heard about it here, on this board but then my nutritionalist said to me out of the blue one day that i have to use it because i live so far away from the surgeon and the nutritionalist, that it will help them keep track of me. SO far its worked wonderfully and allowed me to relax a bit about the diet, Add your activities in there too, its very easy to customize your foods if you eat them different than they provide. You can also enter "Custom foods" if its not on the menus. It calculates how many calories and nutritional info you consume daily, as well as how your activities balance them out, keeps track of your carbs, vitamin levels even water intake. Plus theres a journal page you can put notes for yourself or your nutritionalist to read if there were extenuating circumstances for that day like "i was sick all day so i just ate soup and laid on the couch" or "it was my birthday and i had an extra piece of birthday cake"... its amazingly effective. give it a try. if you make it public you can send the link to your nutritionalist or other friends who are journeying with you. www.fitday.com check it out. im Lizrbit on there.

seriously? i would tell people to NOT WIEGH THEMSELVES after their surgery and until they get on FULL SOLIDS...that way they dont stress over the water wieght and the recovery wieght and just heal! HEAL my little freshly banded children, HEAL..... My freaking family who couldnt bother themselves with comeing when i needed them decided to come AFTER i had the surgery when i was JUST getting onto solids. WHat a miserable time. They wanted to "go out to eat" every few hours (cause thats my families favorite sport) and i would nibble on a smashed potato with enough sour cream and butter to make it puddly. i dont think i would have survived otherwise.

thanks for posting that! i dont have a package like that, i have a lot of other material ive skimmed through, but this is the first time ive read that. I can tell you this, i will remember that. im going in for my second fill in a few weeks, this post will help me remember to be patient. I appreciate you putting it up. its more helpful than you realize!

the answer is yes. there....

so far, fortunately i havent had a lot of that. The few people i see these days, see me at the gym most every morning. Im hoping that will be enough later but i remember that it isnt always. People can be very cruel.

i was 14 when i tried. (it was the only time). I was locked in an unpredictable horror movie where the monster was someone i was supposed to trust, and the person who was supposed to be the hero was too drunk and locked in her own misery to help, even after being made aware. i was 29 before i found a psychologist whod really help me. Not wieght related, not for attention, not successful (thank god) At the time, i saw it as a way to end the movie.

im an energy whore..and i feel better having come out of my closet. I have SOME es bulbs in my house but hate their blue horrible light. I run electric heaters like i need them for life support (kinda do, its below freezing here) and i leave lights running 24-7 in my front window of my business...EVEN when im not here, and EVEN when im not here for three months. Im kinda sorry, but in truth, i would much rather have another electric blanket.

was... i know its been a while and ive talked to you about other stuff since, but i was wondering how you were doing these days with all of it??

hahahahahahaha...thas funny. i had bloodwork, psych eval, ekg, nutri meeting, sleep apnea test, and thats it. Had to get past med history of med supervised dieting, which fortunately i had an abundance of. it was well worth the hoopjumping, and i love my insurance. I was denied twice but it was because i didnt have all the information in one place yet. My surgeons office was EXTREMELY helpful in gathering everything, plus i requested a case manager for help too. it worked out well.

Rockn...you rock, i concurr. what a useful site! ive got it marked to favs so i can go over it again from time to time, and to show people in my family. How cool! thanks for posting it.

BlueGem, I did i did!!! i got my first fill March 19, and flew across the country (6 hours on a plane) March 21st. I had a 1.5 fill in a 10 ccband. i chewed some dramamine an hour before getting on the plane (the chewable kind not regular kind..lol) and i was fine the whole trip. i was on liquids the day of the fill and the next day then moved tomushies the day after. i was eating solid food the day i arrived home. never had any nausea. BUT .... everyone is different. Just wanted to tell you that i did it, same time period too roughly and i was groovy.

yeah baby food bites. I bought a LOT of it in prep for the surgery to burn off pre surg anxiety, and im glad i have it on the shelf in the cupboard in case i have a pb and have to revert back or whatever but ew. when the boys were little i used to give them hienz instant baby food, came dry in flakes just add hot water and those arent bad at all..but they are right, you will enjoy real food blended more. I stayed up the night before surgery, cooking chicken thighs in chicken broth and balsamic vinegar, then blending it with some crackers to make it pasty, then measuring them out in 5 oz at a time and putting them in little freezer safe/ micro safe containers and freezing them. I also made up a batch of tuna helper with pasta and peas and blended that , measuring it too. THey were outstanding, and made great meals. i wound up only using a third of what i made and threw much out when i left the cottage, but it worked well and kept my anxiety levels down. made me feel prepared. for what thats worth....

Noooo its not too late! Welcome abroad!!! do us a solid tho and copy the whole chart adding yours to it at the bottom so that we have a runnin total! cause we are just so achiving and all. thats right, i said it , im braggin, im the woman, wheres my helen ready cd? :::jiggie::::

Going, i thought of you again today. Rent a movie called "singles". has nothing to do with wieght. has to do with relationships and it might be reassuring that EVEN THIN PEOPLE HAVE MESSED UP RELATIONSHIPS!!! my favorite part though is when bridget fonda has the realization that her boyfriend is a self aborbed doof, and she says, "i can just break up with him" and she does, and shes happy. Ooh go watch it, right now right this minute. now. right this second. go get it. its called "singles". go now. report back.

comanche..is that okieland??? i grew up in chickasha. lived in okc, cement, choctaw..good lord..is the dirt still red? did they ever get any trees to survive?

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thanks! that was taken one week after my surgery while i was bicycling on the seawall in galveston. I had my surgery in Houston but i live in northern Maine. Congrats on your upcoming surgery! You must be excited!!!